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BODINE SURVIVES MARTINSVILLE AND GAINS IN POINTS - CONCORD, NC (October 23rd, 2005) – "Survival of the fittest" could have titled Saturdays Kroger 200 at Martinsville Speedway, as Todd Bodine and the No. 30 Germain Motor Co. Toyota Tundra Team ended up with a top-10 finish. Bodine started the race in the 17th spot and worked his way up to a 10th place finish, despite battling handling problems on his No. 30 Germain Motor Co. Tundra all day. Bodine's finish helped to move him up from fifth place to fourth in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series point's chase. "The truck was tight in the center of the corner all day" said Bodine. "Mike Hillman, Jr. tried to fix it all race long, but couldn't seem to get the truck to handle right. Ending up in the 10 th position with our Tundra was a good day. We survived Martinsville and gained a spot in points, although we didn't gain anything on Musgrave or Hornaday. All in all, it was good day for the No. 30 Germain Motor Co. Toyota Tundra Team." Todd Bodine and the No. 30 Germain Motor Co. Racing Team will head to Atlanta Motor Speedway for the EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 200 on Saturday, October 29 th. Qualifying for EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 200 will be on Saturday, October 29th at 11:30 am. The green flag for the EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 200 will be at 3:15 pm and can be seen live on Speed Channel at 3:00 pm (EST) (TV), MRN (radio) and XM Radio channel 144

Kroger 200/Martinsville Short ReCap - Todd struggled in practice (34th), got better in qualifying (17th) & managed to bring home a Top10 (10th). Moved to 4th in points. Results---Standings - Images

Lowe's/Dollar General 300 Short ReCap - Todd had to qualify the back-up car w/ no laps on it, started 39th. Dodged a lot of wrecks (record 13 cautions). Ran mid pack for a good bit, got up to 2nd on pit sequence then lost positions to the faster cars. Motor went down to 7cyls then expired w/ 42 left, finished 32nd.  DollarGeneral Results

Kansas #34 Dollar General Short ReCap - Todd ran mid-pack most of the day, staying on the lead lap for a good part of it. He got caught up in accident with about seven to go. Looked like while Leffler and Mike Wallace made contact, Todd was a victim and hit from behind by the No. 83. Started 23rd, finished 33rd. The #34 did get some decent TV time throughout the day. Todd will be in the #34 again for the upcoming DollarGeneral 300 race at Lowe’s Friday night. Craftsman Truck Series is back the following week at Martinsville. Kansas Results

Las Vegas Race Report - TODD WINS !! Bodine Battles Back to Beat the Field In Las Vegas - Leaves Las Vegas With First-Place Prize and 10th Tundra Triumph LAS VEGAS, Nev.  (September 24, 2005) -- Todd Bodine dominated the field and then passed race-leader Ted Musgrave on the final lap -- in a green-white-checkered flag finish -- to win this evening's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (NCTS) race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.  A late race caution period extended the scheduled 146-lap event six additional laps -- leading to the last lap shoot-out. Bodine dominated the race in his No. 30 Germain Racing Tundra, leading the field four times for a total of 114 laps, including the final lap. The win was Bodine's second NCTS win this season and the fourth of his Craftsman truck Series career. In addition, it was the sixth NCTS victory for a Tundra this season, and the 10th win for Toyota since joining the Craftsman Truck Series at the beginning of the 2004 season. "I was pretty mad at myself for letting Teddy  (Musgrave) get past me," said Bodine, following the race. "I just made a mistake and let him get by. I had a little bit of a lead, went into Turn 3 and then I got sideways -- and Teddy ran right by me. He got right behind me, got me loose, and then passed me. I finished second here last year, and was not going to finish second again." While running second after the caution flag came out on lap 146, Bodine was thinking about how he could regain the lead. "I spent that whole caution period (laps 146-150) thinking of different scenarios, and what was going to happen," explained Bodine. "I really didn't know what was going to happen because Teddy was so good. But, when I got behind him my Tundra would tighten-up enough where I was able to get some grip." On the final lap, Bodine made his move on the outside of Turn 3 and was able to cross the finish line .297 seconds ahead of Musgrave. "Teddy just got down on the inside there in Turn 3 and slipped, and I just drove to the outside and it stuck," explained Bodine. "Our Tundra was just incredible," said Bodine, after the event. "The longer it ran -- the stronger it got. It was an unbelievable truck. Mike Hillman, Sr. (team manager) and Mike Hillman, Jr. (crew chief) have put together what I think has got to be the best team in Craftsman Truck Series history. They are awesome."
Quick ReCap -  TODD WINS !! Todd had a rocketship, was fast in practice, qualified 3rd, led the most laps, at one point had a 12 second lead on the field. 2nd win of the year, moved to 5th in points. It took a pass on White Flag lap of a Green-White-Checkers finish to get back by the 1 truck.  Results---Standings- Images

Sylvania 200 Full Race Report - LAST LAP INCIDENT ENDS A GOOD POINTS WEEKEND FOR BODINE AT LOUDON - CONCORD, NC (September 19th, 2005) – It was a tough ending for what seemed to be a good weekend for Todd Bodine and his No. 30 Germain Motor Co. Racing Team. The No. 30 Germain Motor Co. Toyota Tundra rolled off the hauler ready to go, with a strong first practice run as things got started on Friday. Bodine ran seventh fastest in the first practice session with a time of 30.015/126.87 mph. Crew chief Mike Hillman, Jr. made a few quick adjustments to the No. 30 Germain Motor co. Tundra before for the teams final practice run of the day. They improved their time, finishing with the fifth fastest time of the practice session with a 29.693/128.083 mph. Todd started Saturday’s Sylvania 200 presented by Lowe’s in the eighth starting spot. It didn’t take him long to move his way up to the front. By lap-21 he had moved his No. 30 Germain Motor Co. Tundra into the fourth spot. On lap-40 Todd made a run on the No. 88 truck of Matt Crafton, passing him on the inside of turn-one taking the second spot. During the second caution flag, Todd brought his No. 30 Germain Motor Co. Tundra into the pits on lap-57. The crew made an air pressure adjustment, changed four tires and added fuel. The pit stop didn’t go as well as crew chief Mike Hillman, Jr. wanted it to, as a right front lugnut fell off during the change, costing valuable time. The front tire changer quickly replaced the lugnut before Todd exited his pit stall. Todd left pit road falling into the 12th spot when the race resumed green flag action on lap-60. Todd fought his way back to the sixth spot by lap-131. On Lap-136 the front shocks of No. 30 Germain Motor Co. Tundra were starting to go. Todd then shuffled back to the 10th spot. He again battled his way back to the front. By lap-180, Todd worked his way up to the fourth spot by passing the No. 6 of Ron Hornaday Jr.  When the yellow flag came out for the ninth time of the race, on lap-194, Todd was in fourth and needed to conserve fuel to make it to the end. Todd again fell back to the fifth position after the restart on lap-197. As the laps were winding down, it looked like Todd would end his day with a top-five finish. That all changed on the final lap, as the No. 2 Team ASE/Dodge of Jimmy Spencer slid underneath the No. 30 Germain Motor Co. Tundra. Spencer came off turn-three, making contact with Todd, causing him to spin out on the final lap. Todd finished up in the 22nd spot after running in the top-five for the majority of the race. The Germain Racing Team still remains in the top-10 in owner’s points. Driver Todd Bodine is currently seventh in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver point’s chase.
Todd Bodine - Post Race Quotes:
“It’s really too bad that our day ended the way it did, because we had one of the fastest trucks on the track all weekend long. We were a top-five truck, but Jimmy Spencer got into me. That’s just the way he drives. He can’t pass you clean, he has to knock you out of the way. And that’s just what he did, he knocked me out of the way. We had a top-five truck with our Tundra today. We were having a good point’s day and we got ‘Spencered’.  Jimmy spun out twice trying to pass me. Then, he blamed me for spinning him out. Last I knew, I was in front of Jimmy. I didn’t know I could spin him from there. He spun me out plain and simple, taking us out of a great point’s day. I hate it for the whole Germain Racing Team. They gave me a great Tundra to drive this weekend. We will have to make up the points we lost from not finishing in fifth this weekend in Vegas.”
Quick Race ReCap - Started 8th, ran pretty much top10 all day, got spun  coming to the checkers, fell from 4th to 22nd on the final lap. Images - Results

Whelen Modified Tour Sylvania 100 at NHIS - Todd ran the #75, a back-up car to the #15-Zach Sylvester in the Whelen Modified Tour race at NHIS. ....images & more.

Cheerios/Betty-Crocker 200/Richmond RaceReport - It was deja vu for Todd Bodine in Richmond as he finished second for the second straight race to Mike Skinner in Thursday nights Cheerios Betty Crocker 200 at Richmond International Raceway. The race saw a record 12 cautions but came down to an exciting two lap-dash to the finish between Mike Skinner, Todd Bodine and Kevin Harvick. ....read more. Richmond Images   Results

FoodCity 250/Busch Race ReCap - Todd started 25th & just as in the NCTS race moved up w/ pit strategy to 5th when the 1st red flag came out for rain, finished 21st.  Results  - Bristol Busch Series Images - 08/26/2005

O’Reilly 200/Bristol - PIT STRATEGY TAKES BODINE FROM THIRTY-SECOND TO SECOND - Bodine comes from the back to finish second at the Bristol Motor Speedway-Bristol, TN (August 25, 2005)-Pit Strategy aided Todd Bodine to advance from a thirty-second starting position to a second place finish Wednesday night at the Bristol Motor Speedway in the O’Reilly 200 presented by Valvoline Maxlife NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event. Mike Hillman Jr., the crew chief for the No. 30 Germain Racing Toyota Tundra, gambled on a pit stop by keeping Bodine out on the track when the rest of the leaders pitted. This strategy moved the Allman Brothers Band Toyota Tundra from their current position in the race of 20th to the second position for the restart on lap 74. The team last came to pit road on lap 43 for four tires and fuel.
“I love racing at Bristol,” Todd Bodine said. “We went from thirty-second to second tonight. We didn’t qualify well but the truck came back to be better then anticipated. We avoided a few accidents and the pit strategy really paid off. It’s a gamble to go that long without a stop – we risked it and it paid off.  Mike Hillman Jr., made the right call there - track position is everything here at Bristol.”  At the restart it was a battle of the Tundra’s - Chad Chaffin held the point position, Bodine second and Mike Skinner in third. Skinner worked his way around both Bodine for second and Chaffin for the lead. Bodine made his way around Chaffin for the second position and was closing in on the leader when caution came out on lap 188. Skinner clearly took the lead at the restart leaving a heated battle between Bodine and Jack Sprague for the runner up position. Bodine was able to hold off Sprague to take the checkered flag with a second place finish in the main event. “I had my hands full at the restart,” Bodine said.  “Jack (Sprague) got up on my back bumper really making me loose and I was spinning the tires all the way off of the corner. I did all I could just to drive the truck straight down the straightaway. He got up underneath my truck a couple times and cut me some slack. That’s just good clean racing. If the caution wouldn’t have come out, I think we had a shot at Mike. We were gaining on him and our truck was getting better where his was getting worse. I’m happy for Mike - he’s waited a long time for that win. It was a big win for Bill Davis and for Toyota. We had a great night -second place – we’ll take it.” Todd Bodine is back in action running in the NASCAR Busch Series Food City 250 race at the Bristol Motor Speedway Friday, August 26th at 7:50 p.m. EST. The NASCAR Craftsman Trucks Series returns to the track for the running of the Truck Series 200 at Richmond International Raceway Thursday, September 9th.  The event will be broadcast live on the SPEED Channel, MRN and XM-Satellite Radio. Results-- Bristol CTS Images
 
 

Autographs at Paul Miller Toyota
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Todd Bodine Takes Toyota to the Top-Toyota Garners First Victory Of The Season -  Kansas City, Kansas (July 2, 2005)-Todd Bodine, in only his second race back with Germain Racing, puts the No. 30 Allman Brothers Band Toyota Tundra in Victory Lane. Bodine started in the 10th position for the running of the O’Reilly 250 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event at the Kansas Motor Speedway. “The team did a fantastic job today and gave me a great truck,” Todd Bodine explained.  “We made a change right before qualifying that proved to be the difference today for the Germain Racing Team. It’s great to be back working with the Germain’s, Mike Hillman and my crew chief Mike Hillman Jr. The Tundra was awesome on the long runs and we were fast. I knew I had a truck that could win - I just needed to save for the end.” Bodine led often throughout the 250 mile event for a total of 81 of the 170 laps.  The event ended with a green/white/checkered flag finish after a late race caution. Bodine on the restart pulled away from the pack solidifying his dominant performance for his Germain Racing team. Bodine started to show his dominance during the mid portion of the event when he and Ron Hornaday separated themselves from the rest of the field.  While racing for the lead Bodine saved the No. 30 Tundra when he became loose as he raced under Hornaday. He was able to save the truck and regain the lead a few laps later. “I really enjoyed racing Ron today,” Bodine said.  “Boy, he is a good ole’ racer that really knows how to make it difficult to get around him on the track. The competition in this Series is at an all time high and I am just happy to bring home another win for Germain Racing and the first win of the season for Toyota.  I’m looking forward to going to the bluegrass state and bringing home another victory in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series next week.” Bodine advanced in the Series points chase to 14th - a mere 57 points out of the top-10. The win was his third career Craftsman Truck Series win and his 18th career NASCAR victory. Bodine hopes to continue his momentum as the Series moves to the Kentucky Speedway for the running of the Built Ford Tough 225 on Saturday July 9th under the lights.

O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 Early ReCap - TODD WINS !!! Ran up front a good part of the day & brought the #30 Germain/Arnold Toyota Tundra home 1st. Results
 

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